Antitumour activities of sesquiterpene lactones from Inula helenium and Inula japonica

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 67 C, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 375-380

  Li, Yong ^a   Ni, Zhi Yu ^a   Zhu, Meng Chu ^b   Dong, Mei ^a   Wang, Si Ming ^b   Shi, Qing Wen ^a   Zhang, Man Li ^a   Wang, Yu Fang ^a   Huo, Chang Hong ^a   Kiyota, Hiromasa ^c   Cong, Bin ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumour activity; Inula sp.; Sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

INULA; INULA HELENIUM; JAPONICA; MUS;

EID: 84866949545     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2012-7-804     Document Type: Article

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